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Saturday, June 16, 2007

We're famous the world over

The Times had a story in its business section yesterday that read almost like an opinion piece. The author was David Cay Johnston, a Times reporter well known as an authority on taxation. The piece took state and local governments to task over tax subsidies for development projects that reward people who have already piled up tons of dough, with very little return to the public for its money. Small-town airports seem to be a particular magnet for this sort of abuse.

Comments (6)

Maybe Senator Stevens, Alaska, in in on it?
Absolutely obscene. You should see the politicols congratulating themselves over this one...I have. In the name of economic deveopment anything stupid usually happens. Sadly the citizens eat it up, in Rome it was lead in the wine...wonder what today's reason is?

The golf course seems to be attracting a national audience of affluent golfers.

Don't you think we need to give them a place to land the G-V's and 737's?

I don't golf, but I would much rather see gummint piss off money attracting wealthy tourists than (as in the case of the Oregon Convention Center) the American Association of Woodturners or Unitarian Universalists General Assembly.

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